It's a Philip K. Dick World! “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away.” —Philip K. Dick Government intrusion into our personal lives is increasing, the economy is shot and the media focus on hate and violence. Philip K. Dick's fifth and last wife, Tessa Dick, talks about her husband. I have my own books and stories, as well.
Monday, September 10, 2012
Coming soon, another science fiction novel
Coming soon, and with great cover art by Nick Buchanan!
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Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Kitty Cornered: How Frannie and Five Other Incorrigible Cats Seized Control of Our House and Made It Their Home by Bob TarteMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
While pawing out treats to my furry friends, I quote the oft-repeated line in Kitty Cornered (after telling a cat no to the demand for treats), "while wiping the cat treat dust off my hands".
It's always difficult, and often impawssible to refuse a cat anything. They're purrsistent.
Cats rule my life, but at least I can point to Bob Tarte as a total cat slave, while I still manage to resist some of the more unreasonable demands from my furry task-masters.
This book is hilarious most of the time, sad at times and a great read.
It's easy to read, so I could have plowed through it in one evening, but I want to savor every delicious word.
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Sunday, September 2, 2012
Lobster Report (just for fun)
My fellow crustaceans,
We face one of the most serious problems in the history of civilization, and our government is covering it up. I speak about alien invasion by creatures from the sky. You may laugh, but this invasion is real.
We find almost daily evidence of lobster mutilation and crab abduction, yet the government continues to insist that aliens do not exist, and besides, it would take them millions of years to get here, even if they did exist. They are simply burying their heads in the sand and ignoring the vast mountains of evidence for alien invasion.
Hundreds of sightings of strange metal craft hovering above come into my hotline every month. Nobody knows what kind of propulsion system these craft employ, but they do perform amazing hydrodynamic maneuvers before our very eyes. We could never achieve such stunts, and even if we did, our pilots would surely die from being tossed around inside the ship.
We even have some photographs of these strange aerial craft, admittedly out of focus, but clearly showing metallic craft of roughly ovoid shape, one end being flat with fan-shaped thrusters and the other end being more narrow and pointed.
Those who have encountered the inhabitants of these craft and managed to return report that the aliens have pink skin, or sometimes brown skin, and that they lack any sort of exoskeleton. Instead their bodies are covered with soft, flowing substances which must be the vestigial remnants of ancestral exoskeletons. These substances come in a variety of colors and patterns, suggesting that the aliens belong to separate communities, if not separate species. They must have evolved to carry their skeletons inside their soft bodies, although our scientists can see no evolutionary advantage to s uch a mutation.
These evil aliens invade our world on a daily basis, abducting our citizens and the fish who share these waters with us. In some cases, a citizen loses a claw or a bit of skin but otherwise escapes the predation engaged in by these evil invaders.
We must demand that the government release all information about this phenomenon, and that our defensive forces put a stop to the abduction of fish and crustaceans. ~~~
Hundreds of sightings of strange metal craft hovering above come into my hotline every month. Nobody knows what kind of propulsion system these craft employ, but they do perform amazing hydrodynamic maneuvers before our very eyes. We could never achieve such stunts, and even if we did, our pilots would surely die from being tossed around inside the ship.
We even have some photographs of these strange aerial craft, admittedly out of focus, but clearly showing metallic craft of roughly ovoid shape, one end being flat with fan-shaped thrusters and the other end being more narrow and pointed.
Those who have encountered the inhabitants of these craft and managed to return report that the aliens have pink skin, or sometimes brown skin, and that they lack any sort of exoskeleton. Instead their bodies are covered with soft, flowing substances which must be the vestigial remnants of ancestral exoskeletons. These substances come in a variety of colors and patterns, suggesting that the aliens belong to separate communities, if not separate species. They must have evolved to carry their skeletons inside their soft bodies, although our scientists can see no evolutionary advantage to s uch a mutation.
These evil aliens invade our world on a daily basis, abducting our citizens and the fish who share these waters with us. In some cases, a citizen loses a claw or a bit of skin but otherwise escapes the predation engaged in by these evil invaders.
We must demand that the government release all information about this phenomenon, and that our defensive forces put a stop to the abduction of fish and crustaceans. ~~~
Friday, August 31, 2012
Kipple - all my stuff is turning into kipple
Phil used to describe the process of entropy in terms of kipple.
All your stuff, no matter how shiny, new and cool it might be, eventually turns into kipple.
Like my stuf
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Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Life on one leg
Yes, I still have both of my legs. However, one of them is badly broken. I'm in a brace and on crutches. Thank God, they didn't put a cast on it, so I can take off the brace to scratch the itchies.
Getting around is problematic at best, even inside the house. I've learned to hobble into the kitchen on one crutch, so I have a hand free to stir the pot and carry my bowl of soup back to my desk in the living room.
The two hardest things are sitting down and, even worse, getting up from a chair (or from the toilet).
I'm learning ways to bathe without the benefit of the bathroom fixtures that were designed for that purpose. You see, sitting in a tub is out of the question, unless I want to spend the rest of my life in there. Standing up in the shower is too painful. Even my good leg begins to hurt after a few minutes because it has to carry all my weight with no aid from my left leg.
Every day I thank God that this is temporary. My leg will heal, eventually. It makes me feel even more sympathetic toward those who have lost one or both legs permanently.
Meanwhile, since I can't do much of anything involving physical activity, I've been experimenting with make-up. Now, Granny always told me that if you paint your face when you're young, you'll have to paint your face when you're old. At age 58, I still consider myself young, but my face seems to disagree. I feel about 26 on the inside, but I'm beginning to look like 76 on the outside.
I would appreciate any tips you might have about moisturizing (I have very dry skin), wrinkle reduction, choosing the right shades for fair skin with freckles, color coordinating, etc. I have so little experience with make-up!
Thank you so much for reading my post!
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Getting around is problematic at best, even inside the house. I've learned to hobble into the kitchen on one crutch, so I have a hand free to stir the pot and carry my bowl of soup back to my desk in the living room.
The two hardest things are sitting down and, even worse, getting up from a chair (or from the toilet).
I'm learning ways to bathe without the benefit of the bathroom fixtures that were designed for that purpose. You see, sitting in a tub is out of the question, unless I want to spend the rest of my life in there. Standing up in the shower is too painful. Even my good leg begins to hurt after a few minutes because it has to carry all my weight with no aid from my left leg.
Every day I thank God that this is temporary. My leg will heal, eventually. It makes me feel even more sympathetic toward those who have lost one or both legs permanently.
Meanwhile, since I can't do much of anything involving physical activity, I've been experimenting with make-up. Now, Granny always told me that if you paint your face when you're young, you'll have to paint your face when you're old. At age 58, I still consider myself young, but my face seems to disagree. I feel about 26 on the inside, but I'm beginning to look like 76 on the outside.
I would appreciate any tips you might have about moisturizing (I have very dry skin), wrinkle reduction, choosing the right shades for fair skin with freckles, color coordinating, etc. I have so little experience with make-up!
Thank you so much for reading my post!
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Monday, July 2, 2012
Strange murals and monuments at Denver International Airport
Masonic? Yes. New World Order, probably.
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From
http://extraordinaryintelligence.com/970/the-unexplained/mysterious-murals-and-monuments-at-the-denver-airport/
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From
http://extraordinaryintelligence.com/970/the-unexplained/mysterious-murals-and-monuments-at-the-denver-airport/
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Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Philip K.Dick Festival 2012
Want to learn more about Philip K. Dick? Meet others who read his work?
Sept 22-23, 2012 will be a weekend of celebration and examination of Phillip K. Dick’s life and work, hosted by San Francisco State University.
http://www.philipkdickfestival.com/
The Guest of Honor is Jonathan Lethem, who edited the Library of America editions of Phil's work.
Not everything is set in stone, but some speakers, mostly academics, have been lined up. They plan to charge $35 a day or $50 for the entire weekend of the festival, but that could change.
The web site says, "Speakers and presenters will have their entrance fee waived, but at this point we cannot promise presenters either travel or lodging expenses." However, when I offered to speak, they said that they will not waive my entrance fee.
I was really hoping to attend, but I can't afford it..
I would have to take a train or airline to get from Southern California to the Bay Area, and although friends have offered me a place to stay, and they said they would feed me, I cannot pay the fare to get there. I can't drive due to a recent head injury, and I don't have a car, anyway.
If I can manage it, I will attend, but I will not be a speaker or sit on a panel. They made me feel most unwelcome. Besides, why should I pay them to let me work for them?
I'm hoping to scrape up the money to attend, but I will be there as a private person.
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Sept 22-23, 2012 will be a weekend of celebration and examination of Phillip K. Dick’s life and work, hosted by San Francisco State University.
http://www.philipkdickfestival.com/
The Guest of Honor is Jonathan Lethem, who edited the Library of America editions of Phil's work.
Not everything is set in stone, but some speakers, mostly academics, have been lined up. They plan to charge $35 a day or $50 for the entire weekend of the festival, but that could change.
The web site says, "Speakers and presenters will have their entrance fee waived, but at this point we cannot promise presenters either travel or lodging expenses." However, when I offered to speak, they said that they will not waive my entrance fee.
I was really hoping to attend, but I can't afford it..
I would have to take a train or airline to get from Southern California to the Bay Area, and although friends have offered me a place to stay, and they said they would feed me, I cannot pay the fare to get there. I can't drive due to a recent head injury, and I don't have a car, anyway.
If I can manage it, I will attend, but I will not be a speaker or sit on a panel. They made me feel most unwelcome. Besides, why should I pay them to let me work for them?
I'm hoping to scrape up the money to attend, but I will be there as a private person.
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